aibhseach
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See also: áibhseach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From aibhse (“immensity”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]aibhseach (genitive singular masculine aibhsigh, genitive singular feminine aibhsí, plural aibhseacha, comparative aibhsí)
- great, immense
- high (of colour, tone)
- Alternative form of taibhseach (“showy, flamboyant; ostentatious; pretentious, proud”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of aibhseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aibhseach | aibhseach | aibhseacha | |
| Vocative | aibhsigh | aibhseacha | ||
| Genitive | aibhsí | aibhseacha | aibhseach | |
| Dative | aibhseach | aibhseach; aibhsigh (archaic) |
aibhseacha | |
| Comparative | níos aibhsí | |||
| Superlative | is aibhsí | |||
Related terms
[edit]- aibhseacht f (“immensity”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aibhseach | n-aibhseach | haibhseach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aibhseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN